I emailed Best Buy (it was late) to see if they might be able to help me with this and all I got was a response telling me to just call my nearest store. I don't think the person answering me even read my initial email. Thanks for giving me the minimal amount of effort in return.

I'll probably eventually end up doing it myself, and all the tutorials tell me its not difficult-but this is one of those things I'd like someone with more technical experience than I to at least assist so I don't accidentally end up damaging a $300 piece of electronics.

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I emailed Best Buy (it was late) to see if they might be able to help me with this and all I got was a response telling me to just call my nearest store. I don't think the person answering me even read my initial email. Thanks for giving me the minimal amount of effort in return.

I'll probably eventually end up doing it myself, and all the tutorials tell me its not difficult-but this is one of those things I'd like someone with more technical experience than I to at least assist so I don't accidentally end up damaging a $300 piece of electronics.

I did that with my 80GB fatty, which is now 500GB. I just followed some Youtube tutorials and everything worked out fine. I used a 5400 RPM Western Digital drive, because I heard the 7200 RPM models produce more heat and you don't want your PS3 possibly overheating. I don't know if the new slims are anythign like the old fatties, but the screw that holds the drive cage in the chassis (the blue one) was really tight so you have to be careful when removing it, like use the correct size screwdriver. The screws that hold the drive into its cage were plenty tight too.

The confusing part is after you've installed the new drive, and you're booting it up for the first time, it'll give you an error message. What it wants is the firmware update, found here: http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/pc_update/index.htm You need to download it on your PC, put it on a memory stick, and plug that stick into the PS3 when it's telling you it can't find something.

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